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Make it Count in FY 2019: Recording End-of-Fiscal-Year Gifts to the Institute

Publication Date

6/21/2019

The month of June brings thousands of alumni and guests to campus to celebrate and reconnect during a busy week of activities, receptions, and outings. Many of MIT’s alums also makegifts to the Institutein June—in the form of gifts to their class funds, payments on pledges, or new gifts to a particular fund or initiative—all of which makes for a busy end of the fiscal year for recording gifts.

As you communicate with donors or directly receive gifts, the Office of the Recording Secretary (RSO) at VPF asks that you meet the gift recording deadlines to ensure gifts are credited and can be counted in Fiscal Year 2019 giving totals.SeeHow to Submit 2019 End-of-Fiscal-Year Giftsfor deadlines and instructions.

Keep in mind:

When sending gifts and/or gift information to the RSO, please provide as much detail as possible about the gift, including donor name, amount of the gift, date received, the mailing envelope (from USPS or delivery service) to verify postmark, and any correspondence from the donor.

Please remember that cash gifts, checks, or gift forms with credit card numbers should be hand-delivered toW98. Credit card information should not be sent through campus mail, emailed, or faxed.

Atlas

You can access all of MIT’s financial tools from Atlas.

Atlas, MIT’s self-service and administrative systems hub, provides an entry point for accessing MIT’s financial systems and tools. The VPF website will guide you through the related transactions and provide you with information and resources you need to complete your tasks.